03622cam a2200541 i 4500001001000000003000400010005001700014008004100031010002700072020002900099020002600128035003900154040000800193042000800201043001200209082002500221100002500246245011200271264004200383264001100425300008900436336002600525337002800551338002700579504005000606505060000656520022801256520080101484610003202285610005902317648002002376650004702396650004902443650003702492650003702529650004102566650005002607650005202657650004602709650003402755650003202789650002202821650002402843650002002867651004502887655003902932776010902971952469237OSt20190501235142.0160627t20162016nyuaf    b    001 0deng    a2016029496z2016030208  a9780670016952qhardcover  a0670016950qhardcover  a(OCoLC)952469237z(OCoLC)964068161  cnmt  apcc  an-us-ma00a522/.197444092522231 aSobel, Dava,eauthor14aThe glass universe :bhow the ladies of the Harvard Observatory took the measure of the stars /cDava Sobel 1aNew York, New York :bViking,c[2016] 4c©2016  axii, 324 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :billustrations (some color) ;c24 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references and index0 aPart one: The colors of starlight. Mrs. Draper's intent ; What Miss Maury saw ; Miss Bruce's largesse ; Stella nova ; Bailey's picture from Peru -- Part two: Oh, be a fine girl, kiss me!. Mrs. Fleming's title ; Pickering's "harem" ; Lingua franca ; Miss Leavitt's relationship ; The Pickering fellows -- Part three: In the depths above. Shapley's "kilo-girl" hours ; Miss Payne's thesis ; The Observatory Pinafore ; Miss Cannon's prize ; The lifetimes of stars -- Some highlights in the history of the Harvard College Observatory -- A catalogue of Harvard astronomers, assistants, and associates  aThe little-known true story of the unexpected and remarkable contributions to astronomy made by a group of women working in the Harvard College Observatory from the late 1800s through the mid-1900s.--cProvided by publisher  aIn the mid-nineteenth century, the Harvard College Observatory began employing women as "human computers" to interpret the observations their male counterparts made via telescope each night. As photography transformed the practice of astronomy, the ladies turned from computation to studying the stars captured nightly on glass photographic plates. The support of Mrs. Anna Palmer Draper, the widow of a pioneer in stellar photography, enabled the women to discern what stars were made of, divide the stars into meaningful categories for further research, and find a way to measure distances across space by starlight. Sobel tells the hidden history of the women whose contributions to the burgeoning field of astronomy forever changed our understanding of the stars and our place in the universe20aHarvard College Observatory27aHarvard College Observatory.2fast0(OCoLC)fst00541468 7a1800-19992fast 0aWomen in astronomyzMassachusettsxHistory 0aWomen mathematicianszMassachusettsxHistory 0aAstronomyxHistoryy19th century 0aAstronomyxHistoryy20th century 7aAstronomy.2fast0(OCoLC)fst00819673 7aWomen in astronomy.2fast0(OCoLC)fst01177831 7aWomen mathematicians.2fast0(OCoLC)fst01178130 7aHISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.2bisacsh 7aSCIENCE / Astronomy.2bisacsh 7aSCIENCE / History.2bisacsh 7aSCIENCE / History 7aSCIENCE / Astronomy 7aHISTORY / Women 7aMassachusetts.2fast0(OCoLC)fst01204307 7aHistory.2fast0(OCoLC)fst0141162808iOnline version:aSobel, Dava.tGlass universe.dNew York : Viking, 2016z9780698148697w(DLC) 2016030208